The Fringe

March 27, 1996
Web posted at: 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT)

Muppet fan seizes hostage at radio station

WANGANUI, New Zealand (CNN) -- Apparently it's easier being
green than it is hearing Kermit the Frog sing. A man
demanding to hear the Muppet song "The Rainbow Connection"
burst into a radio station in the New Zealand city of
Wanganui Friday and took the manager hostage.

According to the New Zealand Press Association, the
21-year-old man, who was not identified, also demanded that
he be allowed to talk to listeners on the air of Star FM or
he threatened to detonate a bomb.

But before Kermit croaked out his first note, police stormed
the station and arrested the man. No one was injured and the
bomb was found to be fake.